2110 West 1st Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Ankeny Early Birds
21.2 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
925 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
Freedom Hall Step Study
21.3 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
1304 Northwest 104th Street, Clive, Iowa 50325
West End Big Book
21.4 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
10395 University Avenue, Clive, Iowa 50325
Broken Elevator Group
21.5 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
210 3rd Street, Pilot Mound, Iowa 50223
Pilot Mound Monday Night Group #632016
21.6 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
520 Northwest 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50023
Ankeny Saturday AM Hope Lutheran Church Meeting
21.6 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
159 South Sheldon Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50014
No Expectations Group #722585
21.7 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
3530 70th Street, Urbandale, Iowa 50322
Urbandale 70th St Group
21.8 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
3650 68th Street, Urbandale, Iowa 50322
Grupo Un Nuevo Despertar #714336
21.8 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
1011 West Main Street, Panora, Iowa 50216
Panora Jaywalkers Group
21.8 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
2622 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50014
Saturday Morning Eyeopeners Group #662724
21.8 miles away from Bouton, Iowa
AA is a program created to help its members get sober. Attendance is free at an AA Meeting in Bouton, Iowa as the funding is accepted on a donation from its members.
AA is one of most commonly known programs in the United States and around the world that helps countless men and women achieve sobriety in the pursuit of lifelong recovery. They are usually small groups of recovering alcoholics who share their recovery journey and are there to help new members get sober.
Alcohol Addiction is a disease of the mind, body, and soul. AA has curated meetings to help with each individual piece of your sobriety. If you are in search of a meeting on the first three steps, you should choose a beginner meeting. If you are looking to get more in touch with your spiritual side, attending a meditation meeting would be an ideal choice. If you are in search of stories of inspiration for overcoming alcoholism, a speaker meeting is a good starting point. If you are through your steps and are now working on the traditions of AA, a tradition meetings will help. If you want to attend a single gender group, you can go to a men’s or women's meeting where you won't find anyone of the opposite gender there. The fact of the matter is there is a meeting for everyone. Try different meetings out until you find one that fits your needs.
In order to benefit the most from your first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting you should remain open minded. Everyone had preconceived notions of what these meetings were and generally it is the same misconception. The best advice I ever got was to sit down, shut up, listen to the message, and humbly ask for help. Regardless of the meeting, there will be the same message of recovering from hopelessness. The process of recovering from that hopeless state is in asking for help from another person suffering from alcoholism which you will find in any meeting you choose to start with.